Wouldn't it be way cool if we could watch the B.C. Open from Endicott, NY (the home of VM) via this application? :-) DJ
"PGA Tour will offer unique new applications to golf fans using IBM Linux Virtual Services and Storage. PGA Tour turned to IBM and Linux to launch TOURCast, a first-of-its-kind online application that enables golf fans to follow tournament action in real time or replay through rich graphic and statistical presentations. "TOURCast will provide the PGA TOUR fan with unprecedented information in a fun, easy-to-use, graphical experience," said Steve Evans, PGA TOUR Vice President of Information Services. "Gone are the days of watching a list of names waiting for a score to change. TOURCast will transport the fans onto the course where they can experience the holes, the shots and the tournament storylines in real-time." PGA Tour is among the latest of more than 6,300 IBM customer engagements around Linux, more evidence that the open source operating system is changing the way companies do business. Available exclusively on www.pgatour.com, PGA TOURCast combines on-demand Linux computing power from IBM with existing technology from the PGA ShotLink and Tournament Tracker applications to provide unprecedented access to information about every player, every shot and every hole. The TOURCast application runs on Linux Virtual Services - a powerful, cost effective on demand service hosted by IBM on virtual servers on IBM eServer(TM) zSeries(TM) mainframes and IBM Enterprise Storage Server(TM) systems, allowing PGA TOUR to pay only for the power and capacity required to meet actual consumer demand for TOURCast." Dave Jones http://www.sinenomine.net/ Houston, TX 281.578.7544 (voice)
